Atavocricetodon paaliense Marivaux et al. 1999 (mouse)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Full reference: L. Marivaux, M. Vianey-Liaud, and J.-L. Welcomme. 1999. Première découverte de Cricetidae (Rodentia, Mammalia) oligocènes dans le synclinal sud de Gandoï (Bugti Hills, Balouchistan, Pakistan). Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences-Series IIA-Earth and Planetary Science 329(11):839-844

Belongs to Atavocricetodon according to L. Marivaux et al. 1999

Sister taxa: Atavocricetodon atavoides, Atavocricetodon atavus, Atavocricetodon huberi, Atavocricetodon hugueneyae, Atavocricetodon minusculus, Atavocricetodon murinus, Atavocricetodon nanoides, Atavocricetodon nanus, Atavocricetodon paaliensis, Eucricetodon (Atavocricetodon) kurthi

Type specimen: DBC 016, a tooth. Its type locality is Paali Nala level C2 (DBC2), which is in an Oligocene fluvial-deltaic sandstone in the Chitarwata Formation of Pakistan.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Paali Nala level C2 (DBC2)

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